The Danish defender says the £10million youngster has the potential to shine at Anfield when he joins up with the Reds next summer

International: Origi scored at the World Cup for his country (Photo: Jamie Squire)

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Liverpool will be getting the "complete package" in Divock Origi, claims his Lille teammate Simon Kjaer.

Origi, 20, will join Liverpool next season under the terms of the £10million deal the Reds agreed with Lille in the summer - and Kjaer says he has no weaknesses.

Denmark centre-half Kjaer has watched the Belgium World Cup striker blossom at Lille and believes he has all the attributes needed to succeed at Anfield.

Origi hopes to impress against Everton tomorrow in the Europa League on his first visit to Merseyside and Kjaer told MirrorSport: "He could be a truly great player for Liverpool.

"He has got great potential and could become on of the best players in his position.

"Origi is one of the greatest talents I have ever played with in Italy, Germany or France. I have no doubt about his potential.

"He's still very young and it was a clever move to let him mature one more season with Lille, but he's got the complete package - physically, technically and great speed.

"A special thing about him is that he has no real weak spots, which he needs to work on. Instead he can just work on the things he's already good at. That's a huge advantage.

"He's actually pretty versatile. We can use him on both sides and up front as well. Now I have played with Origi for a year and he really seems to have a good mentality. He is a dedicated pro at his young age."

Divock Origi - Club career so far

Kjaer, 25, is their defensive linchpin and says he is relishing going up against Romelu Lukaku and Samuel Eto'o again after his success in their first meeting.

"With Lille, we are still unbeaten in the Europa League, and with another clean sheet, which is our speciality, and maybe even a win, we would still very much be in the race to advance in this tournament," said the former Wolfsburg and Roma defender.

"I always enjoy playing against top class players like Eto'o, who I know quite well from games in the Serie A and with the Denmark national team, and Lukaku, who has a lot of quality.

"He is the same type of big, strong forward that I meet almost every week in France.

"I'm looking forward to playing at Goodison Park. It's a true place of football, and English football means a lot to me."